Freight trains rolled through Lac Megantic, Quebec, Dec. 18 for the first time since the July derailment and subsequent explosion and fire that killed 47 people.
In Bangor, meantime, a federal judge has given the green light for a late January auction to sell the bankrupt railroad at the center of the accident.
Read the complete story at the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.
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